Tug of War

It’s that time:

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We have been hearing about emails since a year and a half ago so is this an ‘October Surprise’? Although this is ‘new’ information out, is this an effective surprise? More emails found on Anthony Weiner’s computer allegedly along with texts between him and a 15-year-old is an interesting take on the emails and there are some affects in the GOP’s favor, this is not enough.

In an article by the Washington Post, Steve Schmidt, a GOP strategist says, “It’s just really unlikely that there is an undecided bloc of voters still weighing Hillary Clinton’s emails. I think everyone made up their minds a long time ago on that subject,” and I agree.

I don’t understand why these emails, found on Anthony Weiner’s computer no less which adds to the media value of her emails, is what is used against Clinton. Many citizens are using their early voting option and have already voted. Surprises should be let out now in order to influence the most voters. Surprises held until a less than a week out from the Election Day will be used to deter voters from going to the polls at all.

The only plus to releasing a large amount of emails with a week until Election Day is the FBI can’t analyze the emails and possibly dismiss them before the election (even though they are trying their best).

USA Today included an interesting take claiming that these emails being released plays to Secretary Clinton’s benefit showing the election is not ‘rigged’ in her favor and she has had major hurdles to cross.

This tug of war between undecideds between two ‘less-than-desirable’ candidates is not a war where someone win will the undecideds over, but will end in a tie where undecideds decide not to vote at all.

 

5 thoughts on “Tug of War

  1. I agree that this is a very big October Surprise. I feel that because this is happening so close to election day that the ramifications will be extremely dire. I think this will only steer more undecided voters to Trump, as it shows more untrustworthy behavior of Hillary Clinton. Now when undecided voters go into h booth, the first ting in their minds will be cnn talking about Hillary Clinton still being investigated by the FBI, and that will only help Trump.

    1. Do you think undecided voters will still go vote? Or with all the recent scandals will undecided voters just defer there vote and stay home?

      Personally, I don’t think many undecided will make it to the polls. I think the only people making it to the polls have their minds made up about who to vote for and they aren’t going to be thinking, “Wow, another email thing! This it is I am going to vote for Trump today.” I just don’t see that being very likely. I think undecided voters leaning Hillary as the ‘lesser of two evils’ will opt to stay home instead of voting for Trump. Or will vote for a third party.

  2. While I agree with your point that this is not much of a surprise and has come a little late to affect a lot of people who have already voted, but I personally still consider it to be an “October surprise” that will cause some issues for the election outcome. While this may not have a huge effect on the outcome of the election, I definitely think that it makes it a closer race and will re-energize/discourage some voters out there. Although the emails have not proven to mean anything, the idea of the FBI investigation seems to have caught a lot of people’s attention

  3. Clinton’s investigation being reopened seems to fit into the category of “October Surprises” but I agree that it seems ineffectively timed. As you mentioned, this development was released too late in the month for it to have truly impacted anyone’s vote. The reality is that we probably won’t know the findings from the investigation until well after the polls close. If you look at it another way, the fact that this story was released so late may have helped Clinton’s campaign. People who were planning on early voting had definitely already made up their minds, or even already voted by the time they heard the news. I wonder if there will be any more information released in the next week before the regular voting polls open… and will that have an impact on voter turnout?

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